Unlike getting a Thai visa in Yangon, you have the option of getting a 2 month double entry in Colombo. Very convenient!

Information and Procedure

It takes 3 normal business days (4 days altogether) to get a Thai visa in Colombo.

Day 1: Drop off your documents and money in the morning between 9 am – 11:30 am. I arrived right at 9 am and there were only a few other people at the embassy. It took me less than 20 minutes to finish everything.

Day 4: Pick-up Thai visa in the afternoon from 2 pm – 3:30 pm. All you have to do is hand them your slip and they will return your passport, shouldn’t take more than a few minutes.

NOTE: The visa takes 4 full business days. Example: I applied for my visa on Monday morning and picked it up on Thursday afternoon.

Photocopies

There is a small place across the street that will print and photocopy, but they are very expensive. I paid something like 50 LKR ($0.45) per page. I’d recommend getting getting photocopies and a passport photo before you get to the Thai embassy.

Thai Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Directions to the Thai Embassy in Colombo

The Thai embassy is located at the Green Lanka Building in Colombo, in the small central business district of the city.

If you are staying right in central Colombo, you might be able to walk to the embassy. If not, you can easily jump in a rickshaw or take a local Colombo bus to get there.

Comments

we just did the same proccess!
another tip: they asked us to bring copies of ingoing and outgoing flight tickets, but we have no out-flying ticket, since we are going to Laos by land. So we had to write them a letter with our tour-plan and hand it with the passport.

Very helpful info and thanks for posting. the number of days out takes is very helpful.curious about the fee. Is it the same no matter what country you are from? I will be applying in Feb 2012, and hoping that Thailand will be providing free tourist visas then to stir up tourism after floods. however, each embassy sets their own rates regardless?

Great that this is helpful Charles! It would be nice if Thailand reduced the fees for tourist visas again! Anyway, in Sri Lanka the price was higher than most places I’ve gotten a Thai tourist visa – but still worth it. I think that some of the Thai embassies have a few different policies so the prices vary.

THANKS MARK!
You sure are a seasoned traveller and seem to have details about Thai visas and related stuff . . . GREAT!
Do they have any visa restrictions in Colombo for any particular countries?
I have a US passport, while my wife holds a Pakistani passport, hence my question.
Thanks Mark.
Joe

Hi… I’ve been trying to contact the Embassy but no one pick up the phone. My boss is going to Bangkok next month and lives in Maldives. Apparently the consulate in Male can not help issuing the visa for Egyptian. Do you know if the documents can be sent via courier? or email maybe.
If can…it is much easier. or do you have other contact numbers?

Hey Dewi, the phone number I listed on this article is the only one I have.. not sure why they don’t respond. Are you in Colombo? Have you tried just going into the office in person to ask about the visa? Here’s an e-mail you can try: thaicmb@sltnet.lk
Other than that I can’t find any other numbers. Try e-mailing them and hopefully that will work.
Good luck with everything!

I’m also facing the same problem. Keep on calling there , but no one to answer the phone. Once the auto-reply was played requesting to await in the line until an employee pick the line. But no one did.

Hey Cham,
I’m not an expert, but I can tell you that I didn’t need a bank statement. It could depend on your passport, so be sure check your own requirements on the official site.
Good luck with everything,
Mark

If you have visited once, you can get VISA without bank statement when you apply within one year from the date of last entry to Thailand. .

For the first timer or if you revisit after 1 year you have to show a bank statement / Fixed Deposit Certificate / current account statement and you should have over Rs. 80,000/- in the accounts. This is for Sri lankans.

Could you tell me how long you have not update ?
I am right now in Colombo, grasps all your information feel confidence. When I get there. Big surprise!! They move out year ago?!! A driver asking peoples around, finally I get there but to late to do those work! one day is gone!
Please changes those news information!
In the application form they request 02 photographs not 01.